Image Source: Facebook user Worcester Polytechnic Institute [1]

Neither age nor occupation should prohibit you from following your dreams — just ask 54-year-old Michael Vaudreuil. After losing his plastering business in 2007 as the global financial crisis began to unravel, Vaudreuil faced bankruptcy, foreclosure, and immense debt, according to CBS [2]. So he took the only job he could find: as a custodian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Boston. In a strike of fate, he discovered that WPI offers free classes to employees, so he started taking mechanical engineering courses since he had not attended college.

Fast-forward through eight years of taking classes during the day and cleaning at night to this past weekend, when he graduated with a mechanical engineering degree. Despite receiving his diploma later in life than compared to his fellow graduates, Vaudreuil still considers it a dream come true.

In an interview with CBS Boston [3], Vaudreuil said, "Very few times do you ever get to experience a real 'someday' and so it feels like, welcome to my 'someday.'" Sorry, Matt Damon [4], we think he just stole your Good Will Hunting thunder.

Check out a CBS video of Vaudreuil crossing the stage [5], and just try not to smile.